backstop
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First, a reminder of how we got here: The IMF was created in 1945 when the world was on the gold standard and there was a need to backstop industrial countries facing temporary balance-of-payment issues.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Flight attendant unions and advocacy groups for airline executives, recognizing the warning signs, have repeatedly begged the federal government to figure out a funding backstop for TSA salaries.
From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026
This would increase the risk and costs for taxpayers who backstop mortgages.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
He added that the large amount of oil in storage, whether in land depots or the hundreds of tankers floating in the strait, have acted as a kind of backstop.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026
Until when another ball was thrown out from behind the backstop, Deacon Hurd called back, “How many more you got in there?”
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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